The Presentation in the Temple, block print art of Dominican Nuns, Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary, New York

         Marian Antiphon for the Time After the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and Lent

         www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/antiph2.html

Includes: The Presentation in the Temple, Mary's Purification, Candlemas (by John D. Boyd, S.J.),Simeon's Prophecy, The Purification (by Eugene M. Beck, S.J.), Candlemas (by Francesca), The Purification From the Menaion), Purification of the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady of Doves, The Offering (A Song of Simeon)

MEDITATION

     SNOWDROP:  

          Galanthus nivalis. The Flower of the Purification, Fair Maid of February, Candlemas Bells.

     LEGEND: 

          The snowdrop is said to have bloomed on February 2, when Mary took Jesus to the temple....

           www.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/exhibits/barrish02.html

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Christmas Meditation

Includes the themes: The Yes and the Present, Genealogy and Broken Life Patterns, The Christ Child, The Word and the Words, "Epiphany" East and West, The Heart of Mary
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/christmas.html

A Thought for Christmas

St. Luke's Gospel contrasts the splendor of the angels' announcement to the shepherds with the lowliness of Jesus in the manger.
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/christmas2.html

Videos

Index of Christmas Videos

Can be borrowed from the Marian Library
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/videos

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Marian Devotion: Various Forms of Marian Piety

The charts are direct quotes from Post-Vatican II Magisterial Documents concerning the theme, Various Forms of Marian Piety. These teachings of the Catholic Church may prove useful to include in talks, ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs7-2.html

GUADALUPE

Today's gospel message is about the mystery of Jesus and its revelation. Today's message deals also with the vocation of Mary. This double revelation about the mystery of Christ and the vocation of Mary is for us cause of ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/GuadalupeHomily.html

Mexico: Our Lady of Guadalupe

Greatly astonished, the Franciscan bishop of Mexico, Fray Juan de Zumarraga, contemplates the fresh roses of Castille that sprinkle with colors the floor of his episcopal palace. Tears run down his cheeks as he recognizes the ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/engfive.html

Is Mary Empress of the Americas?

We have much information on Guadalupe, in image and in text.... As to the name and influence of ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq104.html

La ciencia ante el misterio de los ojos de Guadalupe

Un cientíífico revela conclusiones de un estudio basado en tecnologíía digital
ROMA, 11 ene 2001 (ZENIT.org) - La tecnologíía digital arroja nuevas claves de comprensióón de uno de los fenóómenos que la ciencia sigue sin explicar: el misterio de los ojos de la Virgen de Guadalupe...
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/spanish/fourc.html

Black Madonnas

Among the miraculous marian images are the so-called "Black Madonnas". Many of these images are quite popular among the faithful. Of the hundreds which presently exist at various shrines, some of the better known images are ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/blackmdn.html

Was Our Lady of Guadalupe ever crowned?

On October 12, 1895, Our Lady of Guadalupe was solemnly crowned, in the name of Pope Leo XIII, as Queen of the Mexican people.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq228.html

What do the symbols mean in the Our Lady of Guadalupe image?

The 450-year-old image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is more than simply a picture. It contains symbols -- in a sense, hieroglyphics, or a story in pictures ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq89.html

Why are there images of Mary without Jesus?

Statues of Mary without Jesus are numerous and have been so for centuries.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq80.html

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Links to other sites ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/links/linkdisplay.php3?catnum=8

Videos

Videos on Our Lady of Guadalupe

Can be borrowed from the Marian Library
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/videos/index.php3

Bibliography

Mary Page Annotated Bibliography:

Our Lady of Guadalupe
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/guad_bib.html

Guadalupe: Mother of the New Creation Elizondo, Virgil Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press, 1997 

The book presents a translation, from the Spanish, of the Nican Mopohua, a poetic account of the Guadalupe events of 1531. This masterpiece of Nahuatl literature is a ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/bkrevelizondo.html

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Mary Page Resources for the Feast of Mary's Immaculate Conception [December 8]

Scripture/Mary's Life

The Life of Mary: Sacred Scripture: Annunciation

www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs6-2b.html

Bible Meditations on Mary

Bertrand Buby, SM
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/memoirs.html

The Life of Mary: Sacred Scripture: New Testament Elements: Annunciation

www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs6-2b.html

The Life of Mary: Nativity, Epiphany, Flight to Eygpt

www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs6-2f.html

Videos

Index of Christmas Videos

Can be borrowed from the Marian Library
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/videos

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Mary Page Resources for the Month of October – Traditionally the Month of the Rosary

Life/Scripture

What is the Origin of the Rosary? (YQ 18)

The complex history of the rosary deals normally with the following stages of development: 1) Repetition of the Hail Mary, in the 12th c, related to the joys of Mary, first five (Annunciation, Nativity, Resurrection, ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq18.html

Is there a biblical basis for the Rosary? (YQ 83)
As you know the bible does "not" tell us to pray the rosary because this form of prayer originated only during the middle ages. However, important elements of the Rosary are biblical ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq83.html 

Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary, October 7

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What are the aspects of Mary’s person and life, which are related by the various apocryphal writings?

Scripture is tight-lipped regarding details of Mary’s personality and life. It speaks only to the essentials of her religious vocation and role ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq28.html

Does the liturgy give us any hints about Mary's life?

Several events concerning Mary's life are commemorated during the yearly liturgical cycles of the Catholic, Orthodox and other Christian Churches. …
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq03.html

Includes a brief explanation of celebration of the September Marian days.
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/dogmas.html

A Meditation on the Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The History of the Liturgical Celebration of Mary's Birth - The Churches of Constantinople in the East and Rome in the West celebrate liturgies in honor of Mary’s birth ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/birthday.html

September 8: Our Lady's Birthday

Day Blessing G.E. Mullan
The feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated each year on the eighth of September. Rev. Matthew R. Mauriello
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/Sept97.html

Information on the Divina Infantita (since Vatican II called the little Immaculate Mary) or in Italy called Maria Bambina

The devotion to Maria Bambina (in the city of Milan) can be traced back to 1007 ... http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq133.html

Mary Garden, Annapolis, Maryland Dedicated on Mary's Birthday

September 8, 1988, the Mary Garden in Annapolis, Maryland, is located behind St. Mary's Church, in the quadrangle formed by the church, the rectory and the historic John Carroll House...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/m_garden/annap.html

Mary Garden, Episcopal Convent of the Transfiguration

in Cincinnati, Ohio Located on a shady hillside on the grounds of the Episcopal Convent of the Transfiguration in suburban Glendale, [includes flowers blooming in time for Our Lady’s birthday or dedicated to her ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/m_garden/cqu.html

Garden of Our Lady St. Joseph's Church, Woods Hole, Cape Cod, Mass.

The Garden of Our Lady established in 1932 in Woods Hole on Cape Cod is thought to be the first U.S. Mary Garden. [Includes: Our Lady's Birthday Flower (Italian aster)]
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/m_garden/woodshl.html

September Poetry

September poetry is a collection of poems that concentrates on two of the month's Marian feasts: the Nativity of Our Lady (September 8) and the Holy Name of Mary (September 12). There are also several poems which utilize summer-time images ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/september.html

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Information on Our Lady of Sorrows

The devotion has its origin in the gospels of John (19, 25 Mary standing at the foot of the cross) and Luke (2:35 Your own soul a sword shall pierce). Other possible references to Mary's sorrow, pain ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq2/yq304.html

The Life of Mary: Calvary

Post-Vatican II Magisterial Documents concerning the theme, Mary's Life, Calvary. These teachings of the Catholic Church may prove useful to include in talks, homilies or for research. ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs6-2k.html

Marian Feasts Past and Present

Includes a brief explanation of celebration of the September Marian days.
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/dogmas.html

Mary, Mother of Sorrows: The Mystery of Comfort and Hope

An abridged reflection, originally an article in Chicago Studies by Louis J. Cameli
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/sorrowsmed.html

Devotion

What about the sorrows of Mary?

The devotion to the sorrows of Mary appears toward the beginning of the 14th c, and may have been influenced by Henry Suso (d. 1366) and other Rhenish mystics. It took as central theme the Calvary scene ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq2/yq258.html

Describe the origins of Mary's title: Our Lady of Sorrows?

The Catholic Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows on September 15, the day after the feast of the Holy Cross to show the close connection between Jesus' Passion and Mary's Sorrows ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq20.html

Our Lady of Sorrows

Lenten Meditation I "and his mother kept all these things in her heart." (Luke 2:51b) Mary Page’s five Lenten meditations give much material on the topic of Mary’s sorrow. These meditations take their orientation from the Sunday liturgies for Lent ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/lent1.html

Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows

The chaplet or rosary of the Seven Sorrows uses special beads. There are seven groups of seven beads.
History: The seven groups of seven Hail Marys remember the seven sorrows of Our Lady
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/chaplet.html

"Our Lady of Tears"

… renewed interest in a devotion known as "Our Lady of Tears," a special Rosary devotion …
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq2/yq287.html

Rosary Index

Information on the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/rosdex.html

Mother of Sorrows

Several works by Ioana Datcu with the theme "Sorrows of Mary"
www.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/exhibits/datcu/works_on_display.htm

Mother of Sorrows

by Jean Marlow 1993
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/exhibits/msa/marlow.html

Seven Sorrows, Seven Joys

Sonnets in Meditation on Mary's Life by Ann Astell
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/sevensorrows1.html

Poetry for the Season of Lent

Contains poetry appropriate to the liturgical celebration of the Mother of Sorrows such as: To the Sorrowing and Immaculate Heart Lady Most Pitiful The Passion of Our Lady The Passion of Mary When Mary Weeps
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/lentpoet.html

Passion Poetry

Contains poetry appropriate to Mary’s sorrows such as: Mother of Tears Queen of the Seven Sorrows Good Friday Mothers Mother of the Crucified Three Mothers Beneath Three Crosses How Our Blessed Lady Stood By the Cross of Jesus The Child of Calvary Lady of Pain Our Lord etc.
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/passp.html

Stabat Mater

Stabat Mater is the title of a 13th century Latin hymn and it means "the Mother was standing". In Latin, the hymn consists of 20 couplets which describe the Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin at the Cross. There are more than 60 English translations ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/stbmat.html

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Mary Page Resources for the Solemnity of Mary's Assumption [August 15]

Scripture

Describe the scriptural support for the dogma of Mary's Assumption.

Like the dogma of Mary's Immaculate Conception, the dogma of the Assumption is not explicitly stated in the Bible.  The teaching that 'at the end of her earthly course, Mary was assumed into heavenly glory, body and soul' was dogmatically defined by Pius XII in 1950 in Munificentissimus Deus.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq14.html

Life

What does scripture tell us about Mary's life?

A frequently asked question:
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq02.html

What about Mary's death?

A frequently asked question:
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq24.html

What do we know about Mary's life from apocryphal sources?

There are a number of ancient texts not in the canon of Sacred Scripture which claim to present details about the life of Mary. The Protoevangelium Jacobi [First Gospel of James] (ca. 150)...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq05.html

Church Documents

Encyclical MUNIFICENTISSIMUS DEUS by Pope Pius XII

Defining "ex cathedra" (from the chair of Peter) the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/P12MUNIF.HTM

Mary and the Church: Assumption (eschatological image)

A list of quotations on the Assumption from post-Vatican II magisterial documents such as this from Lumen Gentium, Chapter 8: "in the Blessed Virgin the Church has already reached that perfection whereby she exists without spot or wrinkle (cf. Eph 5:27)" 65
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs4-5.html

What are the Marian dogmas?

There are four Marian dogmas:
1) Divine Motherhood - Council of Ephesus 431
2) Mary's Virginity
a) Virginal Conception through the Spirit - Baptismal symbols since 3rd century.
b) Perpetual Virginity (virginal birth and no other children) - Baptismal symbols since 4th century (first in eastern church)
3) Immaculate Conception (Mary's freedom from original sin) - Pius IX, 1854
4) Mary's Assumption (body and soul) into heaven - Pius XII, 1950
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq186.

Liturgy

Development of the Liturgical Celebration of the Assumption

It is often stated: As the Church prays, so she believes. The great prayer of the Liturgy aided the development of the doctrine of the Assumption.
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/assmp02.html

A Variety of Customs Associated with the Assumption

A variety of local, regional and national customs are associated with the Feast of the Assumption on and around August 15^th
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/assmp03.html

Which are the Marian feast days?

There are many Marian feast days celebrated in the Catholic Church, but the principal ones are the Solemnity of Mary, the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple, the Annunciation, the Assumption and the Immaculate Conception ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq04.html

Marian Feasts Past and Present

The following feature points to the evolution of Marian Feasts in the recent past. It shows the feasts in vigor before the liturgical reform of 1969, the changes made in 1969, and the further developments of 1986.
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/dogmas.html

Does the liturgy give us any hints about Mary's life?

Several events concerning Mary's life are commemorated during the yearly liturgical cycles of the Catholic, Orthodox and other Christian Churches.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq03.html

Meditations

An Overview Page

The following overview page gives direct links to assist in varied ways to contemplate Mary’s assumption into heaven. At the end of the links is a select bibliography.
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/assumption.html

Historical Background: Belief in Mary's Assumption

Introduction: Belief that Mary has been taken up and is now in heaven with both her body and her soul has been part of the teaching of the Catholic Church since the earliest centuries of Christianity.
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/assmp01.html

Mother of the New World

The Meaning of the Assumption is that of a culmination and a new beginning. With the Assumption, the promises of the Lord were fulfilled for Mary, and as always, beyond all expectation. … Rev. Johann G. Roten, SM
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/MotherofNewWorld.html

A Reflection on the Feast of the Assumption

The following contribution to Mary Page on the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a contemplation on a 15th century Greek Orthodox icon painted by iconographer Andreas Ritzos … by Virginia Kimball
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/kimball.html

Prayerful Reflections on the Assumption

St. Alphonsus de Liguori is one among the saints who writes that Mary died for sheer longing and love of the Savior. Below is a quotation from his seventh discourse, "The Assumption of Mary"
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/assmp05.html

Devotion

Mary's Flowers During the Middle Ages

Includes a section on the custom of bringing herbs for a blessing on the Assumption.
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/flowers.html

How do religious names of flowers originate?

Includes Assumption lily.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq209.html

Explain the 'Marian Year' celebrations.

There was a Marian Year in 1950. It coincided with the proclamation of the Dogma of Mary's Assumption by Pope Pius XII.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq33.html

Why do we call Mary Queen?

Assumption and Coronation must be sharply distinguished.
[See more under Queenship memorial]
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq73.html

Prayer

The Rosary in Image and Text Meditations Based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church

Includes the Glorious Mysteries and therefore the Assumption
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/rosmed.html
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/glorious.html

Poetry

Assumption

The following poems celebrate the mystery of Our Lady's Assumption. The reader will also find here poetry which explores the relationship between the season of Summer and the Blessed Virgin's role in salvation history.
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/assumpp.html

New Marian Poetry

Includes: Assumpta est Maria en Coelum
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/ordinary2001.html

Art

What are the fifteen symbols of the Immaculata represented on the famous tapestry of Our Lady in Reims, France?

The famous tapestry of Our Lady in the Reims Cathedral comprises fifteen tableaux relating the life of Mary.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq204.html

What is the meaning of the crescent moon that Mary is sometimes pictured standing upon?

Includes: The crescent appears under Mary's feet in paintings of the Assumption (Meister of the Luzien-Legende, 1485) and signifies her glory and victory over time and space.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq244.html

Bibliography

Bibliography [only of] Articles in Marian Studies

1950 -- Present: Summary List In May 1999, the Mariological Society of America celebrated its fiftieth year as an academic theological society. For each of the fifty years, the society published the papers presented … Includes work on the Assumption
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/msarticles.html

Marian Theology Tape 2 [Lecture by Anthony Tambasco], 100 min,1990.
Contact Marian Library below.

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What is the origin and meaning of the liturgical celebration of Mary as a queen?

Memorial of the Queenship of Mary On August 22, the Roman Catholic Church celebrates a memorial in honor of the Queenship of Mary. This memorial is placed in the octave of the Assumption
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq62.html

Meditations

Pope Pius XII and Our Lady

It is generally held by scholars that Pope Pius XII made very significant and notable contributions to Marian theology, public piety and devotion to Our Lady. … Rev. Matthew R. Mauriello
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/May98.html

Blessed Chaminade Vignette 25 TODAY'S CHURCH ECHOES CHAMINADE

Recent writings of theologians and popes have stressed the universal role of Mary in the life of the Church. An increasing awareness of the universality of Mary's relation to all persons…
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/chaminade/chaminade25.htm

Mary's Apostolic Mission Chaminade's Contribution To Mariology

Biographical and historical background.
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/chaminade/mariology.html

Devotion

Why do we call Mary Queen?

Assumption and Coronation must be sharply distinguished. Whereas the assumption has been the object of dogmatic definition (1950), the coronation of Mary has never been more than a pious advocation (rosary), an iconographic motif (since the 12th century) and a devotional custom (coronation of Mary statues known already in the early middle ages). However, the coronation points to a Marian title known in Christian tradition since from the beginning of the 4th century.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq73.html

Coronation of Mary

Brief History of Coronation

Since the Council of Nicea in 787, the Church has often asserted that it is lawful to venerate images of Christ, Mary and the saints. This is an ancient practice of the Christian churches...
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/crowning.html

Prayer

The Glorious

Includes the Coronation
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/glorious.html

Bibliography

Bibliography [only of] Articles in Marian Studies

Includes several articles on the Queenship of Mary
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/msarticles.html

Madonna and Child: The Development of Christian Symbolism, 50 min,1992.
Contact Marian Library below.

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Mary Page Resources for the Memorial of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel [July 16]

Devotion

Who is Our Lady of Mount Carmel and how does she relate to the scapular devotion?
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq21.html

What is a scapular?
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq78.html

Marian Shrines of the Carmelites
www.ocarm.org/eng/santeng.htm

Chile: Our Lady of Carmel of the Maipú
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/engtwo.html#chi

Related Devotion of the Carmelites

Can you tell me about the Infant of Prague?
A special devotion to the Divine Child originated with the Carmelites in the city of Prague, Bohemia, in the beginning of the seventeenth century.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq164.html

Who was Mary?
Rev. Eamon R. Carroll, O. Carm.
A Carmelite reflects on Mary.
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/carroll.html

An Icon of the Sign
by Sr. Mary Grace, O.C.D.
The saints surrounding the central image are especially relevant in Carmelite history.
www.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/artists/SMGocd.html

Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Victor Gohler Santos & Retablos
www.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/artists/gohler.html

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Who are Mary's parents?
The story of Mary's birth and details about her aging parents, Joachim and Anne, come from apocryphal writings known as the Protoevangelium of James the Lesser that was written by an unknown author.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq13.html

Where was Mary born?
According to old traditions Mary was born in Jerusalem. Joachim is said to have been the owner of a home in the vicinity of the temple, more precisely near the Sheep Gate and its pool called, in Hebrew, Bethesda.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq184.html

Did Mary have any brothers or sisters?
As it stands the sources dealing with the life of Ann, Joachim and Mary do not mention brothers and sisters of Our Lord's mother.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq193.html

What do we know about Mary's life?
Includes a possible timeline.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq01.html

Does the liturgy give us any hints about Mary's life?
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq03.html

What do we know about Mary's life from apocryphal sources?
There are a number of ancient texts not in the canon of Sacred Scripture which claim to present details about the life of Mary. The Protoevangelium Jacobi [First Gospel of James] (ca. 150) ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq05.html

What are the aspects of Mary’s person and life, which are related by the various apocryphal writings?
Scripture is tight-lipped regarding details of Mary’s personality and life. It speaks only to the essentials of her religious vocation and role ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq28.html

Saints Anne and Joachim: Grandparents of Jesus, 30 min,1998.
Contact Marian Library below.

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Liturgy

Votive Mass: The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Excerpts from the introductory commentary to the Mass, Collection of Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary
/mary/resources/bvmtext2.htm/resources/liturgy/bvmtext2.htm

 

Exploring the Mystery of the Church
Address of Pope Paul VI at the Close of the Third Session of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, November 22, 1964. In this document, Pope Paul VI refers to Pope Pius XII’s dedication of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/mystery.html

Signum Magnum [The Great Sign]
Apostolic Exhortation On Venerating and Imitating the Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church and Model of All Virtues, Pope Paul VI, 13 May 1967
[Visit to Fatima: Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary]
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/SM.html [information leads to complete document]

Marian Devotion: Various Forms of Marian Piety
Various documents that include devotion to the heart of Mary [mainly excerpts].
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs7-2.html

Meditations

Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Devotion to the immaculate Heart of Mary is primarily based upon the Sacred Scriptures. In the New Testament, there are two references to the Heart of Mary in the Gospel according to St. Luke ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/DevImacc.html

Our Lady of Fatima
Our Lady called for consecration of Russia to her immaculate heart.
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/Apr99.html

Devotion

What Is The Meaning Of Consecration?
[This article includes:] "Dedication to the Heart of Mary must therefore maintain the vital unity between the Heart of Mary and the Heart of Jesus. We must confide ourselves to the Heart of Mary in view of our consecration to God. We offer ourselves to this divine consecration through Mary, for she points the way to the heart of Jesus."
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq23.html

Your Questions: Saturdays Devoted to Mary
Saturday Devotions in Honor of Our Lady
Historical Background of the Saturdays in Honor of Mary
The Golden Saturdays
The Heart of Mary Saturdays
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/firstsaturday.html

Your Questions: What did Our Lady say about her heart at Fatima?
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq136.html 

Prayers

Marian Prayer of Cardinal Newman
Mary’s heart leads to the Sacred Heart
www.udayton.edu/mary/prayers/cardinalnewman.html

Litany of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
www.udayton.edu/mary/prayers/litpray03.html

 

Videos and Films

Our Lady's Triumph
[Immaculate Heart] (Consecration), 1994, 60 min

Making the Immaculate Heart of Mary Statue
1993, 18 min

For several films on Fatima and devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and for borrowing privileges from The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute, see: www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/videos/index.php3 [contact the library below]

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Scripture

Mary Page FAQ #1: What do we know about Mary's life?
In response to the request of many readers, we have produced a general summary of the life of Jesus' mother, Mary. The canonical scriptures (especially the Gospels) are the primary source of information about the Blessed Virgin Mary ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq01.html

 Liturgy

Mary Page FAQ #3: Does the liturgy give us any hints about Mary's life?
Several events concerning Mary's life are commemorated during the yearly liturgical cycles of the Catholic, Orthodox and other Christian Churches. Some of the more important celebrations on the current ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq03.html

 Meditations

The "Merciless" Magnificat
The text contains: Mary's song is the "magna charta" of any and all authentic faith experience. It is a description of the two columns upon which rests the weight of God's grace in this world; it pictures the two wings on which the soul is elevated toward her final encounter with God.
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/MercilessMagnificat.html

Prayer 

The Joyful Mysteries
See the Visitation mystery as based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/joyful.html

Rosary Information Index
Extensive material on the rosary which includes the second joyful mystery, The Visitation
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/rosdex.html

Video

A Video on the Visitation
The Marian Library lends its videos. See page:
/mary/resources/videos/show_list.php3?search=Visitation

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Mary, Queen of Apostles / Celebrated on the Saturday between Ascension and Pentecost

Q: Where did the title Mary Queen of Apostles come from? 
A: Mary Queen of Apostles, understood as title/advocation first appears in...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq40.html

The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother and Teacher in the Spirit

Explanation for the votive Mass with the above title:
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/bvmtext3.htm

Church Documents

The Holy Spirit and the Blessed Virgin 
Letter of Pope Paul VI to Cardinal Léon Josef von Suenens on the Occasion of the International Marian Congress, May 13, 1975.  
Pope Paul VI emphasized the need to couple devotion to the Virgin Mary with devotion to the Holy Spirit in these critical times.
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/suenens.html

Theme: The Life of Mary: Pentecost

Among the document references, this from Behold Your Mother:

There are striking likenesses between the Annunciation and Pentecost. Mary, the great mother figure for the Church, is present not only at the Annunciation, but praying with her Son's disciples before Pentecost. 79
After Christ's Resurrection, surrounded by His disciples, Mary prayed for the coming of that same Spirit, in order that the Church, the Body of her Son, might be born on Pentecost. 115 
See more at: /mary/resources/documents/docs6-2l.html

Theme: Mary and the Holy Spirit: General

Among the document references, this from Marialis Cultus:

In the Virgin Mary everything is relative to Christ and dependent upon Him. It was with a view to Christ that God the Father from all eternity chose her to be the all-holy Mother and adorned her with gifts of the Spirit granted to no one else. 25
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Theme: Mary and the Holy Spirit: Overshadowed by the Spirit (Incarnation)

Among the document references, this from Behold Your Mother:

Any correct understanding of Mary's role must be seen in connection with the predominant role of the Holy Spirit. ... St. Luke presents Mary as the humble woman overshadowed by the Holy Spirit in order that Christ be formed. "God sent his Son born of a woman..... that we might receive the adoption of sons" (Gal 4:4). (LG 52) 112 
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Theme: Mary and the Holy Spirit: Fashioned by the Spirit (Her whole existence)

Among the document references, this from Marialis Cultus:

Theological reflection and the liturgy have in fact noted how the sanctifying intervention of the Spirit in the Virgin of Nazareth was a culminating moment of the Spirit's action in the history of salvation. Thus, for example, some Fathers and writers of the Church attributed to the work of the Spirit the original holiness of Mary, who was as it were "fashioned by the Holy Spirit into a kind of new substance and new creature." (LG 56) 26 
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Theme: Mary and the Holy Spirit: Fullness of Grace

Among the document references, this from Signum Magnum:

It was this perfect harmony between divine grace and her own human activity that gave honor to the Blessed Trinity and made her the crowning glory of the Church. 16 
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Meditations

Encyclical of Pope Paul VI promulgated on April 30, 1965.
The pope urges the faithful to pray to Mary more than ever during the month of May, in connection with this exhorts all to seek peace by negotiation and prayer.
vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/

Coronation of Mary, Brief History of Coronation

Since the Council of Nicea in 787, the Church has often asserted that it is lawful to venerate images of Christ, Mary and the saints.
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/crowning.html